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Acheilognathus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of several species. The type species is the Capoeta rhombea. The name is derived from the greek a, meaning "without", the Greek cheilos, meaning "lip", and the Greek gnathos, meaning "jaw".

Acheilognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Capoeta rhombea Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species

See text.

Species

* Acheilognathus barbatulus Günther, 1873
* Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926
* Acheilognathus binidentatus Li in Wang et al., 2001
* Acheilognathus brevicaudatus Chen and Li, 1987
* Acheilognathus cyanostigma Jordan and Fowler, 1903
* Acheilognathus deignani (Smith, 1945)
* Acheilognathus elongatoides Kottelat, 2001
* Acheilognathus elongatus (Regan, 1908)
* Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926
* Acheilognathus hypselonotus (Bleeker, 1871)
* Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
* Acheilognathus koreensis Kim and Kim, 1990
* Acheilognathus kyphus (Mai, 1978)
* Acheilognathus longibarbatus (Mai, 1978)
* Acheilognathus longipinnis Regan, 1905
* Acheilognathus macromandibularis Doi, Arai and Liu, 1999
* Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871)
* Acheilognathus majusculus Kim and Yang, 1998
* Acheilognathus melanogaster Bleeker, 1860
* Acheilognathus meridianus (Wu, 1939)
* Acheilognathus microphysa Yang, Chu and Chen, 1990
* Acheilognathus omeiensis (Shih and Tchang, 1934)
* Acheilognathus peihoensis (Fowler, 1910)
* Acheilognathus polylepis (Wu in Wu and et al., 1964)
* Acheilognathus polyspinus (Holcík, 1972)
* Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
* Acheilognathus signifer Berg, 1907
* Acheilognathus somjinensis Kim and Kim, 1991
* Acheilognathus tabira Jordan and Thompson, 1914
* Acheilognathus taenianalis (Günther, 1873)
* Acheilognathus tonkinensis (Vaillant, 1892)
* Acheilognathus yamatsutae Mori, 1928

References


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